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Revised Agenda for UW Trustees on Friday

October 11, 2012 — The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees has a
revised agenda for the board’s special meeting on Friday, Oct. 12.

The board will now meet in open session beginning at
10 a.m. in Old Main Room 404 to interview consulting firms to assist with UW’s
presidential search process. Trustees then are expected to move into executive
session at about 11:30 a.m. to discuss the search firms.

The board will then move back into open session in
the afternoon in the Old Main board room to consider action on a search
consultant and a resolution regarding the search process.

While no decisions have been made, trustees last
week indicated they are leaning toward using a consulting firm to accept
applications and recruit candidates. The board also indicated it likely will
create multiple committees to evaluate applicants and narrow the list of
candidates. Those committees are likely to be made up of members of the Board
of Trustees, as well as UW faculty, students, staff, representatives of the UW
Foundation, and individuals not directly affiliated with the university.

Ultimately, it will be the 12-member Board of
Trustees that hires the successor to President Tom Buchanan, who is retiring as
president at the end of summer 2013. Board members indicated they are committed
to attracting a deep pool of possible candidates.